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You would follow at one second for every ten feet of vehicle length. your average car length is not over twenty feet long and that extra time added on plus one extra second for safety, for a grand total o f three seconds or thirty feet of following distance, with good tires,reaction time,road surface,stoppind distance would be 25.5 feet.

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Q: How many feet do you stay behind the car in front of you in city traffic at 20 mph?
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